Simon & Schuster
Child of Vengeance
Bennosuke is a lonely 13-year-old with a skin condition who lives in the village of Miyamoto and dreams of becoming…
Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City
This is a broad-brush account of London’s most notorious crimes from the Middle Ages up to the present day, together…
Such Wicked Intent
In this second book of The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series, we pick up not long after the death of…
The Painted Bridge
In 1859 London, Anna Palmer is committed to an insane asylum by her minister husband. She is not psychotic but…
In the Shadow of the Banyan
Editors' choice
Vaddey Ratner’s novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan, is as much memoir as it is fiction. This is the…
Wentworth Hall
It’s England, 1912, and the Darlington family is on the verge of collapse. With rumors of falling finances and scandal…
This Dark Endeavor
A deft and witty gothic tale, This Dark Endeavor recreates the youth and first experiments of Victor Frankenstein, the famous…
The Twelve Rooms of the Nile
Editors' choice
Who could have imagined that Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert would be so good together? Apparently, Enid Shomer did just…
The English Monster, Or, The Melancholy Transactions of William Ablass
Before the advent of Saucy Jack, the Ratcliffe Highway murders were the most brutal to occur in London’s East End.…
The Kingmaker’s Daughter
Editors' choice
Philippa Gregory is one of historical fiction’s superstars, and The Kingmaker’s Daughter shows why. There’s not a moment – not…
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